On Feb 28, 2004, at 9:27 AM, Michael J. Babcock wrote:
> <playing with fire with this idea, although not an original
> idea...>Ed, do you think if MS did some sort of license for VFP that
> it would get more attention from MS?
I doubt it. They have embarked on a path (.Net) that doesn't include
VFP. The VFP team is doing an amazing job keeping the product updated
to work with these new tools, but that's not where Microsoft wants us
to go today.
I also think that if Microsoft licensed VFP under terms similar to
MSDE/SQL Server, it would scare away a good part of the community.
Sure, some people would continue to use it (I know I would, since I
don't really use the VFP data store anymore), but I'm sure most people
would either go with the glitzier VS, or leave the Microsoft camp
altogether.
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